Kidney stones

I have just been reading about vitamin K and found an interesting suggestion that adequate Vit K might prevent kidney stones! See: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-k-000343.htm

Almost forgot - vitamin K is often deficient in Crohn's, so it is entirely likely that a supplement would be useful. Most vitamin supplements don't have any vitamin K.

Post Edited (Keeper) : 10/31/2008 1:07:43 PM (GMT-6)

Hi Keeper thanks for the heads up and the vittie I been taking hasn't got Vit. K in it .That being said I do have a vitamin I bought here in Canada that has Vitamin K 1 (phytonadione) in it so think I"ll pop one of them as I don't eat many green veggies and hqaven't had cauliflower lately.lol gail

Isn't that just like our friends in the bureaucracy! If you read the article through, they say that it is best to get the vit K in a multivitamin.... But Big Brother knows what's best for us, of course. It really irks me that they want to make it more difficult to get vitamins and supplements when they don't have the foggiest idea about the benefits. I really don't see a benefit in having to get a prescription for it - it will be more expensive and probably less of the active ingredient. Just like the EU and its health directorate's program.